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The show that made white trash known world wide


I wonder if this is not one of the shows that has spread the most bad will for Americans world wide. Before Ricki Lake show, it was unheard of that people could be so shallow, evil and willing to walk over their mothers' corpses just to get their 15 minutes of fame. Obese people with funnily spelled names, no morality whatsoever, and the now classic "You can't say anything 'cause you don't know me" head wobbling attitude.

I suppose that many guests had real problems and found real solutions to them, but to be frank, those are not the ones I remember...

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No, that show was Jenny Jones or Jerry Springer. Those made trashy people known.

As i recall it Ricki started as a serious show. It had serious topics like racism, youths in prison and similar. It was only in 1998-1999 the show turned nasty and had weird people as guests and topics such as "Dragqueens Divas Showdown" and similar.

Shame on such a promising show.

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